Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Market closed the previous week because of major damage from hurricane.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.02/cwt on 77 head.

Average price

$216.02

77 head · 402 lb average

Value per head Derived

$868

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$19.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.89

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	402	230.40	925	20
Medium and Large 2	402	210.97	848	57

One grade step is worth $19.43/cwt here — about $77 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale77 hd

216.02

—

FL average8 barns · 666 hd

239.90

−23.89

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,673	128.43	2,149	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,264	102.88	1,300	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	955	89.05	850	15

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · Townsend Livestock Auction - Madison, FL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	280	301.90/cwt	295.00–305.00	845	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	367	306.82/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,126	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	227.30/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,075	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	221.90/cwt	210.00–240.00	954	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	272	288.53/cwt	270.00–300.00	785	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	231.54/cwt	225.00–235.00	880	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	222.39/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,043	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	224.15/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,412	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	297.75/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,111	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	245.15/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,025	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	263.51/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,001	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	259.90/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,248	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	237.25/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,345	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	218.34/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,109	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	206.80/cwt	200.00–215.00	893	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	201.63/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,038	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	222.44/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,070	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	232.58/cwt	230.00–235.00	768	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	277.54/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	316.19/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,037	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	227.80/cwt	220.00–235.00	854	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	202.46/cwt	200.00–210.00	988	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	220.67/cwt	215.00–225.00	722	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	215.10/cwt	210.00–220.00	781	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	215.19/cwt	210.00–220.00	581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	563	250.22/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,409	2
Bulls	—	—	1,673	128.43/cwt	127.00–130.00	2,149	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,403	109.13/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,531	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	100.10/cwt	96.00–104.00	1,203	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	89.05/cwt	85.00–93.00	850	15

How this sale compares

Florida weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Townsend Livestock Auction - Madison, FL

Tue Sep 12, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 357Last week 1Year ago 480

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 0Year ago 132

Compared to the previous week: Market closed the previous week because of major damage from hurricane.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	280	295.00–305.00	301.90
3	—	367	290.00–315.00	306.82
4	—	473	220.00–235.00	227.30
6	—	430	210.00–240.00	221.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	272	270.00–300.00	288.53
6	—	380	225.00–235.00	231.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	469	215.00–235.00	222.39
2	—	418	240.00–250.00	245.15
6	—	380	250.00–270.00	263.51
6	—	508	215.00–220.00	218.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	220.00–227.50	224.15
12	—	373	290.00–305.00	297.75
10	—	480	250.00–270.00	259.90
11	—	567	235.00–240.00	237.25
2	—	428	275.00–280.00	277.54
3	—	328	310.00–330.00	316.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	432	200.00–215.00	206.80
9	—	515	200.00–205.00	201.63
8	—	488	200.00–210.00	202.46
11	—	327	215.00–225.00	220.67
16	—	363	210.00–220.00	215.10
4	—	270	210.00–220.00	215.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	481	220.00–230.00	222.44
6	—	330	230.00–235.00	232.58
8	—	375	220.00–235.00	227.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	240.00–260.00	250.22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,673	127.00–130.00	128.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,403	106.00–112.00	109.13
9	—	1,202	96.00–104.00	100.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	955	85.00–93.00	89.05

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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